(New Smyrna, FL; 7/15/2000) David Rogers in the TM Ranch #11 Dodge took the lead in turn one, led every lap, and won the Super Late Model race. Past winner, Travis Kittleson in the #88 Bob Steel Chevrolet showed up with a brand new Lefthander car, and drove to an impressive second place finish. Pennzoil driver, Barry Willoughby ran his #74 to the third spot. Tom Root was back in his good-looking red, #19 Dodge Intrepid , and came home fourth over new driver, Joe Fitos, in the #63.

Randy Dye's #43 WHOG 95.7 Dodge and Chris Lawrence's #63 US Postal Service Chevy put on a very exciting show as they went side-by-side for many laps before the Dodge finally pulled ahead to get the win. Chris had his hands full with heat race winner Chad Allman's #67 Gator Golf Chevy, but managed to get second. Chad Pierce piloted the Biscuits and Gravy #57 to come home in the fourth spot over Kevin Ingrams #86 for the Late Model feature.

If you like Modifieds, you had to love this race. It was a big field, but the two cars putting on the real battle for the lead were Tank Tucker's #15, and Jerry Symons' #66. These two were nose-to-tail for most of the race with Tank holding Jerry off at the line to get the victory. Jim Flynn drove a great race in the Business Archive's #57, and followed the two cars to the stripe. Mark Vandevender in the Document Technologies #7 car came in fourth over Joe Middleton's #71.

Last week, Marty Pierce's Briar Construction #75 made it seven in a row, but this week Bob Doxie was back, and very fast. Bob pulled away early for the Mini-Stock win. Marty charged through the field and took the second spot. Third went to the #25 of Tim Clark, Ron Dubeau in the #94 was fourth, and Wayne Clark drove the V-3 to fifth.

Bob Andercheck's Sportsman #90 KOA/ Marines Camaro had carb trouble, but managed to run a smooth line and hold off the pack after the leader crashed in turn 3. John Nusbaums #70 "Bad Bumble Bee" was second, Jeff Millers O NO was third.

There was a massive crash off of turn 4 that took out several fast Super Stock cars, and tempers were hot! The #13 Olds of Winterstein was leading when both he and the #45 were sent to the pits for fluid leaks. Tim Ewing took control on the restart and never looked back to notch the win. Tim Bagnall drove Rick Picards/Witts Auto #9 to a strong second. Ed Zikowski pushed the #7 Barneys Leather Monte Carlo to third. Charlie Merz and Kevin Schultz rounded out the top five.

It was a fierce battle right down to the end as Rich Bolton II, made a last second pass on the #6 car to grab the win. Scooter Carpenter was third, Chris Sadowski was fourth over Joe Arnold. This is a great class to get started in racing without spending a lot of money.

Spectator race: It was Robert Freund in a VW Rabbit that was the winner of both sections.

-Hank Sanders-

New Smyrna Results, Saturday, July 15,2000

SUPER LATE MODELS
1. #11, David Rogers
2. #88, Travis Kittleson
3. #74, Barry Willoughby
4. #19, Tom Root
5. #63, Joe Fitos
6. #39, Morgan Hoover
7. # 6, Mike Finn


LATE MODELS
1. #43, Randy Dye
2. #63, Chris Lawrence
3. #67, Chad Allman
4. #57, Chad Pierce
5. #86, Kevin Ingram
6. #52, Hank Baker
7. # 2, Scott Mark
8. # 5, Bill Eggerton

MODIFIED
1. #15, Tank Tucker
2. #66, Jerry Symons
3. #57, Jim Flynn
4. # 7, Mark Vandevender
5. #71, Joe Middleton
6. #00, Wayne Southard
7. #16, Justin Henderson
8. #09, Art Kunceman
9. #77, Tim Wallace
10.#29, Bo Davis

SPORTSMAN
1. #90, Robert Andercheck
2. #70, John Nusbaum
3. #0N0, Jeff Miller
4. # 3, Ian Huffman
5. # 5, David Rowe

MINI-STOCK
1. # 2, Bob Doxie
2. #75, Marty Pierce
3. #25, Tim Clark
4. #94, Ron Dubeau
5. #V3, Wayne Clark
6. #12, Adam Bultemeier
7. #07,
8. #37, Jim Engstrom
9. #38, Eric Powell
10.#31C,Chad Carpenter

SUPER STOCK
1. #35, Tim Ewing
2. # 9, Tim Bagnall
3. # 7, Ed Zikowski
4. #57, Charlie Merz
5. #14, Kevin Schultz
6. #48, George Spears
7. #09, Brady Benichek
8. #55, Jim Snyder
9. #27, Joe Woodbury
10.#19, Dale Carroll

STRICTLY STOCK
1. # 3, Richard Boulton, II
2. # 6, Nitram Kram
3. # 0, Scooter Carpenter
4. #37, Chris Sodoski
5. # 1, Joe Arnold

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